Tuesday, November 11, 2025

50 Years On, Remembering “America’s Defining Shipwreck”

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– “ Every Man Knew ” by David Conklin (1995) Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald , an American...

“The Answer, Actually, Is Hope”

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Writes Riann Phillip in British Vogue : T he last few years have felt like end times. . . . [A]voidance is not the answer. Sorry to be c...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Eddie Glaude: A “Radical Refusal” Is Happening

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Author and Princeton Professor of African American Studies Eddie Glaude Jr. recently shared a 20-minute video in which he provides an insig...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

Like Trees in November

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T hey’re very nice and kind . . . but I’ll tell you how they strike me. They all seem terribly sad. I can’t think why. . . . But they put ...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Thank you, Omar!

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They may have won this race, but we have changed the narrative about what kind of city Minneapolis can be. Because now, truly affordable ho...

Why Omar Fateh Lost

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. . . and why his campaign still rewrote Minneapolis politics By Mukhtar M. Ibrahim O mar Fateh lost because ranked-choice math and M...

Until the Light Returns

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By Steven Charleston I f this is a difficult time for you or someone you know Let me speak a clear word straight to your heart: There i...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Progressive Perspectives on Zohran Mamdani’s Win in New York City

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Z ohran Mamdani ’s election in New York City is not simply a local upset. It is a breach in the ideological dam that has kept American poli...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

All Things Speak My Language

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Following is my adaptation of one of Julia Cameron ’s “heart steps.” I open my mind and heart to guidance from the Beloved One . I am op...

Matthew Cooke on the Fallacy That Socialism “Doesn't Work”

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With two Democratic socialists ( Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh ) potentially set to win their mayoral races in New York and Minneapolis re...